Despite their rising frequency this year, data breaches still have a way of catching companies and their customers off guard. You never think it’ll be you in the crosshairs.
T-Mobile might be an exception. The telecommunications company’s latest data breach, first reported by news outlet Vice over the weekend and confirmed by T-Mobile on Monday, is still under investigation, but it appears at least 47 million people—mostly former or prospective customers—were affected. Details compromised in some cases include customers’ first and last names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license/ID information, though the company assures no financial information was breached.
